The Titanic Connection

Thomas Henry Ismay lived at Beach Lawn, Waterloo

Ismay's House, Beach Lawn, Waterloo

Our local area of Crosby and Waterloo contains many links to the Titanic and The White Star Line and is liable to become quite a tourist attraction in the coming months with this year being the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on 15th April 1912. I have been taking some photographs of our local connections for a colleague who runs Titanic Tours Liverpool.

Captain Smith's House, Marine Crescent, Waterloo

Captain Bartlett, the White Star Line's Marine Superintendent
lived here at Marine Crescent, Waterloo

A group of Liverpool tour guides were viewing the local sites this week in preparation for visits from cruise ship passengers later in the year.

Tour Guides at Beach Lawn

Belvidere Road, Crosby; once the home of Joseph Bell,
Chief Engineer on the Titanic

Victoria Road, Crosby; home of Captain Rostron of the Carpathia, the ship

that rescued many from the lifeboats of the Titanic.

Chief Steward Andrew Latimer lived in Glenwyllin Road, Waterloo

St. Peter & Paul's Churchyard, Crosby.
Gravestone remembering Austin Ashcroft
lost in the Titanic.

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral also contains several connections to the Titanic.

This stained glass window contains
a tribute to Captain Smith of the Titanic
in the bottom right corner.

A carving of the Titanic in the sandstone of the cathedral

In Camera ... HMS Liverpool passes Crosby for the last time

HMS Liverpool sailed out of a blustery Mersey just after noon on Monday 5th March after her final visit to Liverpool before being decommissioned. The wide stretch of wind torn beach at Crosby sparkled in the sunlight and the iron men seemed to straighten and stand to attention as the vessel passed by with only a handful of watchers to witness this moment of history.

In Camera ... HMS Liverpool and the Liverpool Waterfront

HMS Liverpool sailed into the Mersey for the last time this week before being decommissioned. I took the opportunity of the recent spell of good weather to capture this new waterfront image with HMS Liverpool moored at the liner terminal.

Stark winter beauty

The stark winter beauty of a tree devoid of leaves showing the fine tracery 

of the branches. The soft misty day helps emphasise the outline of the branches.

Photographed near Newgrange, Ireland.

A Night with the Stars

Last Friday we sold calendars at the Crosby Plaza Community Cinema, helping to raise funds for the cinema's new digital equipment. The event was attended by actor/director David Morrissey, pictured here with Ron and actress Helen Elizabeth who starred in David's film "Don't Worry About Me" which features several scenes on Crosby beach amongst the iron men.

In Camera ... November Calm

A beautiful calm November day at the beach last Sunday. The sky a magnificent dome of cerulean blue, tinged pink and gold around the edges as the sun set.

It is interesting to note that it was six years ago to the weekend when I took the images below - AG62 and AG63, another clear calm November day at Another Place. The iron man in the new pictures this weekend has put on weight, his outline is irregular as it has been covered with barnacles, making him broader than some of the other figures.

Here are two more images from this weekend echoing the above.

The New Another Place Calendar for 2012

The new calendar of the iron men on Crosby beach is at the printers and should be in the shops from Saturday 8th October. It is also available online from my website.

All the images can be viewed in this short video.